Furniture shoe



Sept. 29, 1931. F. A PARSONS FURNITURE SHOE Filed March 24, 1928 III f/VI fE/VTOR FM! 4.9

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It will be understood that where the anchoring means comprises a screw 8, the

screw wil'lbe{driven directly into the botand f and consequently it willfnot ordinarily necessary to provide any special means offa'cc'esstolthe anchoring'device. If desired,"howeve'r,'thepad may be made annular'a'sshown at 27 ,in'Fig; 8"and provided with a central thimble at 28 of less jaXial extent, than the pad. The axial position of the thimble [is fixed by expanding its ends into'the pad as 'shown at 29. This thimble permits the ready introduction. of a screw driver to reach the head of screw 8, or a riveting tool to form thehead15 on a stem or shank such as illustrated at 9 izrFi'g. 14'. jA desired'clearancebetween the furniture ileg the head of the anchoring devlcejfis insuredjwhere screws are'used by I the; use-or the {sleeve 30"which is sho'wnin Figs; "2 and 3. In the I Fig.1 construction the length ]of the neck portion 14 provides the desired clearance. I v f'It Willb'e obvious that the device herein describedfas embodying my invention re spends fully to 'thei obje'cts above specified.

It willbe found th'at'a compressed felt pad willislide" with" great freedom upon [a polished floor and will even slide v across a carpet ora'r'ug more easily than "some casters.

"Devices embodying this invention are standardized for use either withscrewsor with t lthere being'no change-necessary in the'shoe itself toadapt it for'juse with either typeflof T anchoring nieansi Theffelt 'pads; are almost instantly replaceable' without tools and are firmly held gconventional stems "for replacingcasters,

in place when once insertediinto the, shell 6.

3 Even .if th e'. felt pad becomeslost or encessively worn, however, it will be .obvious I that the shell: is 1 incapable of doing any damage ev'en to" a highly polished surface due to the rattan no sharp edges are exposed and that a substantially fiat supporting surface of'considerable area is provided ffo'r contact with the floor.

Iclaimzj 1." In combination, a member'provided its top with meansof-attachm'ent to an article to be supported thereby and provided at its bottom with a recess, and a pad of relatively soft material receivable in said recess and of such dimensions as normally to project therefrom and to provide a primary supporting surface, said member being providedwith substantially plane non-abrasive means ofsubstantial area having a rounded margin and normally supported by saidpad but arrangedcto form a secondary supporting surface closely adjacent the sup- ;porting surface of the pad and simultaneously available when said pad becomes worn or iyields under excessive load.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a load sustaining meniber provided with means for attachment to anarticle to be supported and providedbelow 'said means with; a relatively smooth surface of substantial area upwardly r elieved within its margins for the non-abrasive support of load imposed by such article, of meansabout' which said surface is disposed for retaining and confininga pad, and a pad of relatively compressible material confined withinsaid means and nor: mally projecting below said surface, whereby to-be adapted primarily to receive and support load to whichsaid member is subject, the said supporting surface of said member,- 'however, 1 being simultaneously available to receive said load upon the yielding or destruction of said pad.

-3. Ina device of the character described, thecombinati'on of a-load bear-ing shell having a convexly domed -topportion provided centrally with means'for attaching it to furniture requiring] support, said means being flexibly-'f ointed"whereby to provide for relative movement between said shell and furniture supported thereby, an annular base for said shellproviding a central' aperture and an annular and substantially fiat surface about saidapertur'e ofgsufiicien't area forthe support ofa substantial load, said surface being "non-abrasive {and upwardly curved atits respective margins, a non-metallic and highly'compr'es'sible pad receivable within said aperture and of su'chdimensions as to be constricted by the inner margin of saidsur'face andjto project normally below I said surface while contacting with a portion of said shellthereabovasaid surface being available at flallitimes to' take theload from "said' 'pa'dwhen said pad .disintegrates or jyields excessively under load; o 4. A device for supportingangarticle of furniture, or the like,-comprising the coni- 'bination withf'a member attached underneath said article-and provided with a substantially' flat "bottom" surface terminating in 5 a centrally and-upwardly projecting margin, of a pad removably confined within said margin to normally project beneath said surface. i

5. In a support for anarticle of furniture or the like, the combination of a member attached underneath said article and having a convexly domed top surface portion together with a fiat bottom surface portion having an upwardly directed inner margin, and a yieldable pad within said margin and normally projecting beneath said flat surface.

6. In a device for supportin'gan article of furniture or the like, the combination with a fitting underneath said article having a central aperture and providing about said aperture a substantially flat bottomsurface portion curving upwardly at itsmargins, of.

a relatively compressible pad mounted in said aperture and normally'projectingbelow said bottom surface to support said article, said surface being available simultaneously with said pad to support said article when said pad becomes worn or excessively com-' pressed.

FRED A. PARSONS. 

